Telephone Hotlines
This
table gives telephone numbers for hotlines you can call. They
are free and they can help you to deal with your problems. Some have
websites
linked to them.
USA - National Runaway Telephone Hotlines |
1-800-USA
KIDS
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1-800-872-5437 Thursdays Child.org. National Call
Center for Youth at Risk. The ONLY LIVE-ANSWERED Hotline for
Children in Crisis in North America. Helping Runaway, Abused,
Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, Those with Eating Disorders,
with Drug and Alcohol Problems, as well as Suicidal Teens, Addressing
Issues Concerning STDs, Teen Pregnancy, Dating and More.
Providing Counseling, Information and Advocacy, Linking Children and
their Families to Resources Nationwide, With a Live 24-Hour Helpline
that is Always Answered by a Trained Professional, NO RECORDINGS - NO
HOLD TIME, non-religiously affiliated, And with the Largest Website for
At-Risk Children in the World.
1-800-872-5437
http://www.thursdayschild.org/index.htm
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1-800-231-6946 |
National
Runaway Hotline |
1-800-621-4000 |
National Runaway
Switchboard |
1-800-426-5678 |
Child
Find of America |
1-800-999-9999 |
Covenant
House Hotline (The Nine Line) |
1-800-442-4673 |
National
Youth Crisis Hotline |
1-800-448-4663 |
Youth
Crisis Hotline |
1-800-792-5200 |
National
Child - At Risk Hotline |
1-800-843-5678 |
National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Goto the NCMEC Missing
Children website |
USA - California |
1-800-718-4357 |
Youth
Runaway, Northern California Family Center |
Information Resources
These
links are to pages containing information about running away.
Information Resources about Running Away |
ThursdaysChild.Org
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National
Call Center for Youth at Risk. The ONLY LIVE-ANSWERED Hotline
for Children in Crisis in North America. Helping Runaway, Abused,
Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, Those with Eating Disorders,
with Drug and Alcohol Problems, as well as Suicidal Teens, Addressing
Issues Concerning STDs, Teen Pregnancy, Dating and More.
Providing
Counseling, Information and Advocacy, Linking Children and their
Families to Resources Nationwide, With a Live 24-Hour Helpline that is
Always Answered by a Trained Professional, NO RECORDINGS - NO HOLD
TIME, non-religiously affiliated, And with the Largest Website for
At-Risk Children in the World.
1-800-872-5437 http://www.thursdayschild.org/index.htm |
Running Away
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Running
away is a very serious problem. According to the National Runaway
Switchboard, an organization that takes calls and helps kids who have
run away or are thinking of running away, one in seven kids between the
ages of 10 and 18 will run away. And there are 1.3 million runaway and
homeless kids living on the streets in the United States. As many as
100,000 of these runaway and homeless kids in the United States are
preteens. This information is proided by KidsHealth.org.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/running_away.html
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These
two links are included in a site by Evan Karl Cutler,
author of "Runaway Me: A Survivor's Story." The information is from a
former
runaway and includes alot of very good information and advice to anyone
who
is thinking about running away! |
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